from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 25 Jan 19:22
https://sh.itjust.works/post/54093223
Olena Janchuk spends another day of freezing isolation in her highrise apartment.
The former kindergarten teacher has severe rheumatoid arthritis and has been trapped for weeks on the 19th floor of her Kyiv tower block, 650 steps from the ground.
Long daily blackouts caused by Russia’s bombardment of power plants and transmission lines have made working elevators a luxury.
With January temperatures plummeting to –10 C, there’s a permanent line of frost on the inside of Janchuk’s windows, white patterns creeping across the glass by morning.
The 53-year-old huddles over a makeshift fireplace of candles arranged beneath stacked bricks, designed to absorb and slowly release heat. USB charging cables snake across the floor from overloaded power strips, while her electric blanket is hooked up to a power bank rationed for the coldest hours.
“When there’s no light and heat for 17 and a half hours, you have to come up with something,” she said. “The bricks work best in a small room, so we stay in there."
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But but the peace deal…
I live on a high floor and it’s a fucking pain to deal with the cold and lack of water. Than being said, I can manage. I do feel for ladies like Janchuk. My grandma is 80+, but we can support her.
Individuals like Merkel with their arrogance and de facto support for russian genocidal imperialism are massive enablers of the russians (Schröder is a piece of shit too, but unlike Merkel I don’t think he actually believes in anything, if the bribe is large enough he will pitch anything). I hope both of them get a severe case of Alzheimer’s.